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Serious B5136 crash in Wirral on 3 November 1996 at 02:35 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego hit a pedestrian on the B5136 in Wirral at 02:35 on Sunday 3 November 1996. A 29-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Nov 1996
Sunday, 02:35
Vehicles
1
Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31426, longitude -3.0535, in the CH64 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wirral

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050248024
Council area
Wirral
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5136
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a fatal crash on 28 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1996050248024 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wirral road accident statistics for 1996.